Fumitaka Abe

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Fumitaka Abe is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Fumitaka Abe has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Plant Science, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Fumitaka Abe's work include Plant responses to water stress (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers). Fumitaka Abe is often cited by papers focused on Plant responses to water stress (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers). Fumitaka Abe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Fumitaka Abe's co-authors include Shingo Nakamura, Takaki Yamauchi, Mikio Nakazono, Ikuo Ashikawa, Kentaro Kawaguchi, Masahiko Mori, Kanako Kawaura, Atsushi Oyanagi, Takashi Matsumoto and H. Miura and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Fumitaka Abe

36 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Tuning water-use efficiency and drought tolerance in wheat using abscisic acid receptors

2019 234 citations Ryosuke Mega, Fumitaka Abe et al. Nature Plants profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fumitaka Abe Japan	18	1.3k	435	178	97	69	37	1.4k
Qingzhen Jiang United States	15	711 0.5×	380 0.9×	129 0.7×	92 0.9×	21 0.3×	21	830
Janneke Drenth Australia	16	1.0k 0.8×	460 1.1×	192 1.1×	158 1.6×	18 0.3×	18	1.2k
Ashok K. Shrawat Canada	11	1.2k 0.9×	407 0.9×	294 1.7×	82 0.8×	22 0.3×	15	1.3k
Natalya Klueva United States	8	609 0.5×	244 0.6×	74 0.4×	87 0.9×	23 0.3×	11	715
Shuen‐Fang Lo Taiwan	12	1.1k 0.8×	454 1.0×	79 0.4×	130 1.3×	15 0.2×	26	1.2k
O. A. Tanzarella Italy	20	1.4k 1.0×	644 1.5×	131 0.7×	264 2.7×	45 0.7×	44	1.7k
Cândida Nibau United Kingdom	19	1.3k 1.0×	890 2.0×	66 0.4×	116 1.2×	44 0.6×	30	1.5k
Oswaldo Valdés‐López Mexico	22	1.8k 1.3×	419 1.0×	245 1.4×	63 0.6×	22 0.3×	38	2.0k
Mitsuhiro Obara Japan	20	1.4k 1.0×	294 0.7×	157 0.9×	297 3.1×	26 0.4×	47	1.4k
Shumin Li China	16	745 0.6×	324 0.7×	73 0.4×	73 0.8×	33 0.5×	30	924

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fumitaka Abe

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Hisano, Hiroshi, Hiroaki Sakai, Fumitaka Abe, et al.. (2025). Rapid development of naked malting barley germplasm through targeted mutagenesis. Molecular Breeding. 45(3). 32–32.

Mega, Ryosuke, et al.. (2024). Metabolic profiles in drought-tolerant wheat with enhanced abscisic acid sensitivity. PLoS ONE. 19(7). e0307393–e0307393. 3 indexed citations

Mega, Ryosuke, June‐Sik Kim, Hiroyuki Tanaka, et al.. (2023). Metabolic and transcriptomic profiling during wheat seed development under progressive drought conditions. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 15001–15001. 5 indexed citations

Kishi‐Kaboshi, Mitsuko, et al.. (2023). Optimizing genome editing efficiency in wheat: Effects of heat treatments and different promoters for single guide RNA expression. Plant Biotechnology. 40(3). 237–245. 2 indexed citations

Abe, Fumitaka, Mariko Nonogaki, Yuri Kanno, et al.. (2023). Modulation of wheat grain dormancy by introducing the recombinant abscisic acid-stimulated abscisic acid biosynthesis gene. Plant Biotechnology. 40(1). 31–41. 5 indexed citations

Hisano, Hiroshi, Fumitaka Abe, Takakazu Matsuura, et al.. (2021). Regulation of germination by targeted mutagenesis of grain dormancy genes in barley. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(1). 37–46. 20 indexed citations

Liu, Yuelin, Weifeng Luo, Qianyan Linghu, et al.. (2021). In planta Genome Editing in Commercial Wheat Varieties. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 648841–648841. 31 indexed citations

Abe, Fumitaka, Yuji Ishida, Hiroshi Hisano, et al.. (2020). Protocol for Genome Editing to Produce Multiple Mutants in Wheat. STAR Protocols. 1(2). 100053–100053. 6 indexed citations

Mega, Ryosuke, Fumitaka Abe, June‐Sik Kim, et al.. (2019). Tuning water-use efficiency and drought tolerance in wheat using abscisic acid receptors. Nature Plants. 5(2). 153–159. 234 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abe, Fumitaka, Emdadul Haque, Hiroshi Hisano, et al.. (2019). Genome-Edited Triple-Recessive Mutation Alters Seed Dormancy in Wheat. Cell Reports. 28(5). 1362–1369.e4. 103 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Kentaro, Chikako Kuwabara, Yoichiro Fujioka, et al.. (2016). The cold-induced defensin TAD1 confers resistance against snow mold and Fusarium head blight in transgenic wheat. Journal of Biotechnology. 228. 3–7. 17 indexed citations

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Abe, Fumitaka, et al.. (2014). Characterization of a wheat pathogenesis-related protein, TaBWPR-1.2, in seminal roots in response to waterlogging stress. Journal of Plant Physiology. 171(8). 602–609. 18 indexed citations

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Yamauchi, Takaki, Fumitaka Abe, Kentaro Kawaguchi, Atsushi Oyanagi, & Mikio Nakazono. (2014). Adventitious roots of wheat seedlings that emerge in oxygen-deficient conditions have increased root diameters with highly developed lysigenous aerenchyma. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 9(4). e28506–e28506. 26 indexed citations

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Ashikawa, Ikuo, Masahiko Mori, Shingo Nakamura, & Fumitaka Abe. (2014). A transgenic approach to controlling wheat seed dormancy level by using Triticeae DOG1-like genes. Transgenic Research. 23(4). 621–629. 43 indexed citations

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Ashikawa, Ikuo, Fumitaka Abe, & Shingo Nakamura. (2013). DOG1-like genes in cereals: Investigation of their function by means of ectopic expression in Arabidopsis. Plant Science. 208. 1–9. 31 indexed citations

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Yamauchi, Takaki, Kohtaro Watanabe, Hitoshi Mori, et al.. (2013). Ethylene and reactive oxygen species are involved in root aerenchyma formation and adaptation of wheat seedlings to oxygen-deficient conditions. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(1). 261–273. 191 indexed citations

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Ashikawa, Ikuo, Fumitaka Abe, & Shingo Nakamura. (2010). Ectopic expression of wheat and barley DOG1-like genes promotes seed dormancy in Arabidopsis. Plant Science. 179(5). 536–542. 56 indexed citations

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Abe, Fumitaka, Koji Saito, Kiyoyuki Miura, & Kinya Toriyama. (2002). A single nucleotide polymorphism in the alternative oxidase gene among rice varieties differing in low temperature tolerance. FEBS Letters. 527(1-3). 181–185. 45 indexed citations

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Abe, Fumitaka, et al.. (1997). Isolation of a cDNA clone encoding the alternative oxidase expressed in rice anthers. Sexual Plant Reproduction. 10(6). 374–375. 8 indexed citations

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Abe, Fumitaka, Toshihiro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Iwata, & Takeshi Inoue. (1994). Effect of Partial Hepatectomy on Lactic Dehydrogenase-5 Clearance in Mice.. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 56(3). 563–564. 2 indexed citations

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